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The Japanese military’s attack on Pearl Harbor, which President Franklin Roosevelt famously referred to as “a day that will ...
Vaughn P. Drake Jr., a Kentuckian believed to be the oldest survivor of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, has died at ...
Two historic mooring quays lining Ford Island are undergoing restoration and preservation work on April 28 at Pearl Harbor on ...
Drake Jr.'s son said. Vaughn P. Drake Jr., a Kentuckian believed to be the oldest survivor of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, has died at the age of 106, according to his family.
A veteran believed to be the world’s oldest Pearl Harbor survivor has died at 106 years old. Vaughn P. Drake Jr. from ...
A Kentucky veteran, believed to be the oldest living survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor, has died. Vaughn Drake passed peacefully on April 7 at the age of 106, according to his obituary. At the ...
Vaughn P. Drake Jr. was 23 years old and stationed at Kaneohe Naval Air Station in Oahu, Hawaii, when Japan launched the attack on the U.S. Pacific fleet.
On December 7th 1941, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, changed the course of the Second World War. Forcing the United States into a conflict they were reluctant to enter, the attack ...
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today Vaughn P. Drake, Jr., a central Kentucky native who was the oldest known survivor of the Japanese ...
The 1st Air Fleet of Japan — known as Kido Butai — had not just assaulted the port at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, it had simultaneously hit every major airfield across the breadth of Oahu ...
U.S. Navy Mess Attendant 3rd Class Neil D. Frye is finally home from Pearl Harbor and was laid to rest last week in North Carolina.
A veteran believed to be the world’s oldest Pearl Harbor survivor has died at ... on Oahu on the day of the shocking attack on December 7, 1941, which precipitated America’s entry into World ...